A light hearted downside

[LilyMay73]

I have this evening discovered a small but simple downside to being smoke free for the best part of 18 months. As the autumn draws in and more time is spent in the home I like to cosy the place with a few Joss sticks, just to make it smell homely and warm. Today I have discovered that I am unable to do this simply by virtue of no longer smoking. The reason? I have no lighting implement at my disposal at all!!!! Now of course I write this very tongue in cheek as it isnt really a downside however it has made me realise that once upon a time I would have had a minimum of 3 devices on hand with which to light a cigarette. The fact that it hadn't dawned on me that the house no longer contains one is really pretty cool (now sending hubby to the camping stash in the garage). Happy smoke free days everyone

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee]

Lily May, good to hear from you again. I know what you mean about no lighter.. I live in an over 55s apartment , we have a community room. We celebrated someones birthday a while ago and no one had matches or lighter to light the candles on the cake.

[yellowsnowdrop]

Hey there Lily,I totally agree with you, I wanted to light a scented candle earlier & had nothing to light it with,had to email hubby to get matches.Like you a year ago I never would've been more than 2 feet away from something to light with.I'd rather be lighter free honestly.Hugs H x

[droopyJ in reply to yellowsnowdrop]

never got rid of mine as I'm always lighting candles

[Briarwood Administrator LONG TERM WINNER]

Never got rid of mine either coz I just love candles x

[MrEdd]

we went camping out in the sticks and didn't have anything to light our disposable barbecue!! Ended up eating bread rolls without the burgers - not very nice - but the lager compensated

[lanemorph 3 YEAR WINNER]

First thing i do when i get home. Light the burner in the hall and the one in the room. I LOVE Yankee candles and tarts.